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Jan Nel 1797–1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 19 FEB 1797

Birth Location: Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika

Death Date: 15 SEP 1884

Death Location: Aliwal-Noord, South Africa

Father: Louis Nel

Mother: Anna Plessis

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Jan Nel was born in 1797 in Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, the child of Louis Jacobus Nel And Anna Susanna Du Plessis. Jan Nel passed away in 1884 in Aliwal-Noord, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Jan Nel was born in 1797 in Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, the child of Louis Jacobus Nel And Anna Susanna Du Plessis.
  • Jan Nel passed away in 1884 in Aliwal-Noord, South Africa.

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Jan Nel's Ancestors

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Jan Nel
1797–1884
Birth Place: Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika
Parents
Louis Jacobus Nel
1767–1816
Graaff Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa
Anna (Susanna Du) Plessis
1771–1816
Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
Jan (Hendrik) Nel
1718–1767
Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
Gesina (Geesje) Steenkamp
1723–1767
Drakenstein, Paarl, Cape Colony South Africa
Daniel (Du) Plessis
1732–1781
Paarl, Cape, South Africa
Helena (Aletta) Olivier
1738–1781
Paarl, Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Jean (Nell)
1687–1740
Susanna Fourie
1694–1762
Jan Steenkamp
1692–1762
Johanna Eck
1705–1772
Charle DuPlessis
1688–1737
Cecilia Marseveen
1692–1762
Johannes Olivier
1683–1740
Helena Burgertez
1701–1771
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Louis PROG
1669–1750
Suzanne Cordier
1681–1715
Jean Plessis
1638–1708
Madeleine Menanteau
1660–1693

Jan Nel's Timeline

2 Records

1797
BEF 19 FEB 1797
Birth of Jan Nel in Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika
Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika
1884
15 SEP 1884
Age 87
Death of Jan Nel in Aliwal-Noord, South Africa
Aliwal-Noord, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 19 FEB 1797
    Event Place: Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 SEP 1884
    Event Place: Aliwal-Noord, South Africa

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